Date: Thu, 6 Nov 1997 20:20:28 -0700 (MST) From: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> To: Eivind Eklund <perhaps@yes.no> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WTB: Pentium Pro 180 Message-ID: <199711070320.UAA24391@obie.softweyr.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <199711061003.LAA03286@bitbox.follo.net> References: <199711060642.BAA09051@dyson.iquest.net> <6037.878799708@time.cdrom.com> <199711061003.LAA03286@bitbox.follo.net>
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Eivind Eklund writes:
> MMX is as far as I can tell usable for two things:
> Fast, simple graphics effects (Photoshop filters and effects in the
> demo scene)
> Block copying (but I'm not certain this is faster than other types of
> block copy)
You're right about the block copy - it is quite fast. The other use for
MMX, as the name implies, is simple manipulation of video streams. The
intent was to make it simpler, or at least possible, to implement video
codecs in software. Any benefits to games or other 3-D effects were
purely non-intentional.
I have this from a pretty reliable source. ;^)
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Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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